US leads world in endangered plant species

PUB. DATE

June 1998

SOURCE

American Nurseryman;06/01/98, Vol. 187 Issue 11, p18

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports on the first comprehensive worldwide assessment of plant endangerment. How the United States leads the world in endangered plant species; Information on the World Conservation Union; Categories of organisms established by the union's list of endangered organisms; Reasons cited by scientists for the extinction of plant species.